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Interview: Hayoun Kwon, 489 Years Director
489 Years gives us access to the DMZ, and immerses us in the heart of the personal memory of a soldier. He tells us his experience in a research mission and the amazing discovery he made in the field full of mines. Hayoun Kwon’s animated film allows us to see a forbidden place, a place where nature has totally reclaimed its hold.…
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Interview: Stefanie Kolk, Clan Director
Clan is a captivating film that shows a tight-knit group of people who live and work on a derelict farm. No one knows the mysterious woman in a black raincoat. At first, they don’t worry about her. But the closer she gets, the more she starts to get in their way. A gradually intensifying film and one that will linger long after…
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Kevin Jerome Everson: now y’all have to look at us
Kevin Jerome Everson, the subject of a four programme retrospective at GSFF18, is one of the most prolific filmmakers currently working in the United States. Based in Charlottesville, Virginia, his overriding concern is with black working class communities, and the social, economic and historical forces underpinning their everyday reality. Appearing at first glance to be…
